2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found William Woods University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Fulton, William Woods is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Woods are $7,200 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Doane University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Crete.
Doane Crete graduate students pay an average of $8,586 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Concordia University, Saint Paul helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southwest Baptist University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Baptist University are $5,388 per year.
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Out of the 43 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the # 5 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, MSU Moorhead also did well on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Winona State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Winona.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Drake University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Drake graduate students pay an average of $11,988 in tuition and fees each year.
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Evangel University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Evangel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Evangel graduate students pay an average of $8,838 in tuition and fees each year.
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Hamline University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Hamline graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
| Student Counseling | 13,858 |
| Instructional Media Design | 8,695 |
| Teaching English or French | 5,791 |
| Other Education | 4,858 |
| Teaching Assistants | 2,751 |
| Educational Assessment | 2,552 |
| Multilingual Education | 1,910 |
| Education Philosophy | 737 |
| International Education | 293 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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